Except for Iraq, health care ranks as the top issue of concern for Americans, according to a recent national survey conducted for the Kaiser Family Foundation. Here are some survey questions and responses that might be of interest to Health Freedom Watch readers.

When asked the open-ended (combined) questions: “What do you think is the most important problem for the government to address? Is there another problem you think is almost as important for government to address?” 44 percent of respondents cited Iraq/war in Iraq followed by (percentages will add to more than 100 percent due to multiple responses):

health care: 29 percent

economic issues: 13 percent

immigration/illegal immigration: 9 percent

education/schools: 8 percent

terrorism/national security: 8 percent

frustration with government/corruption: 7 percent

budget deficit/national debt: 5 percent

gas prices/energy: 4 percent

taxes: 4 percent

Social Security: 4 percent

environmental issues/pollution/global warming: 3 percent

crime/violence: 3 percent

foreign affairs/not Iraq: 3 percent

morality issues: 3 percent

seniors/retirement issues (not Medicare): 1 percent

other: 6 percent

don’t know/refused: 11 percent

The 29 percent citing health care were concerned about the following subset of topics (the percentages add to 30 percent due to rounding):

health care in general: 13 percent

uninsured/access to health care/universal coverage: 7 percent

health-care costs: 5 percent

other health-care mentions: 3 percent

Medicare: 2 percent

Respondents were also asked:

Which ONE of the following three things would you like to see in a health care reform proposal from a presidential candidate? Would you want your candidate to propose…

A new health plan that would make a major effort to provide health insurance for all or nearly all of the uninsured BUT would involve a substantial increase in spending OR

A new health plan that is more limited and would cover only some groups of the uninsured BUT would involve less new spending OR

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